[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 9.14 # 廣弘明集 9.14 廣弘明集 9.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.14) 又云。代代為國師。葛洪神仙序中具說已怪尋。聖人既出匡救為先。而夏桀陵虐塗炭生民。成湯武丁思賢若渴。老子何以賢君不輔虐政不師。修身養性自守而已。期頤將及。自知死至潛行西度。獨為尹說直令讀誦。不勸授人。身死關中墳隴見在。秦佚弔之三號而出。究前傳經後人妄論。雖曰尊崇。翻成辱道。 > It also says: 'Generation after generation he was the national preceptor.' Ge Hong's preface to Shenxian zhuan has already expounded this to strange depths. When sages appear, assisting and saving come first. Yet Jie of Xia oppressed and tormented the people in misery, and Tang of Cheng and Wu Ding thirsted for the worthy; why did Laozi neither assist worthy sovereigns nor instruct tyrannical governments, merely cultivating his body, nourishing his nature, and keeping to himself? As he approached the age of ninety or a hundred, knowing on his own that death was near, he secretly traveled and crossed to the west, speaking solely to Yin \[Xi\] and only commanding him to read and recite, not encouraging him to instruct others. He died in Guanzhong, where his burial mound still exists. Qin Yi mourned him, wailed three times, and went out. Examining the earlier records and the later scriptures shows the later people's absurd treatises: though called reverent exaltation, they instead become a disgrace to the Dao. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.13) - [Next: 9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.15) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.9.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.14) · Pramāṇa